And IVCA Award Winners Showcase

In association with UK Trade &  Investment and The China Britain Business Council

Wednesday 7th October 2009

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 1 Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3

Time: 12noon to 4.30pm

Free of charge

This afternoon seminar will be the fifth of 7 UK regional seminars as part of the IVCA’s  UKTI supported UK-China Business Development programme. As China’s economy continues to grow, the opportunities to work with Chinese companies both in China and in the UK become greater.

With many Chinese companies looking to develop their businesses in the UK, there is equally an opportunity for UK creatives to forge relationships with these companies and to use their UK experience to deliver both internal and external solutions for them.

This seminar will bring together some of the best expertise available in developing your business within the China Market.

The Seminar will be Chaired by Marco Forgione, CEO of the IVCA.

The audience is expected to include creatives, Regional Development Agency representatives, Local Authority communicators, Corporate Commissioners and representatives from Chinese businesses in the UK.

The seminar will commence at 12 noon with drinks and a light lunch, followed by a showcase of 5 Gold Award Winners from the IVCA Awards 2009. There will then be brief presentations from each panelist followed by an educational and informative question and answer session, where you can find out more about the business development opportunities available to you in China.

Our guest panelists include:

• Jessica Zhang - UKTI North West China Specialist
• Iain Bennett - North West Development Authority
• William Coelho - Voice and Script International
• Vince Cunningham - China Britain Business Council
• Karen Holden - UKTI North West
• Marco Forgione - CEO International Visual Communications Association

You may book up to FOUR places on a first come first served basis for you and your guests. These maybe other employees of your company or associates that you may wish to bring along to share in the informative content of the event.

Reserve your places as soon as possible as numbers are limited! Contact Dave Comley DaveComley@ivca.org to book.

Tuesday 13th October 2009
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
1 Old Hall Street, Liverpool , L3 9HG

How to comply with export requirements

With a constantly developing market for imported goods, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers a strong and varied opportunity for those involved in international trade.

In order to assure Saudi Arabian consumers of the quality and safety of these goods, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s government office, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), requires that virtually all imports comply with mandatory safety and related standards. Every consignment of imported goods must comply with the Conformity Programme.

Agenda

10:30 am – 11.00 am   Registration

11.00am – 11.30pm   

About Intertek

• Verification Services
• Algeria
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Kuwait

11.30am – 11.45am     Tea/Coffee Break                                       

Saudi Arabia Conformity Programme
Saudi Arabia Labeling requirements.
Other GCC – Country of Origin markings
Q&A

1pm – 2pm                   Lunch and Networking

To reserve a place please email your name, company details and number of delegates to Elena Enciso.

This event is free of charge for SMEs in Merseyside. All other companies the cost is £25 +VAT

The Everton Foundation has teamed up with Liverpool One Odeon to offer tickets to an exclusive preview showing of Disney Pixar’s new animated 3D film UP.

The 10th smash hit comedy from Disney Pixar, UP is currently the second largest Pixar animation at the US box office after Finding Nemo and became the first animated film to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

This hilarious and heart-warming film is about the adventure of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America.

But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip – an overly optimistic 8-year-old named Russell.

Liverpool One Odeon will be showing this 3D family extravaganza at 10am on Saturday October 3 – a week before its official release in the UK – and all proceeds will go to The Everton Foundation.

Tickets are £7 for adults, £4 for children and £20 for a family (two adults, two children).

Disney Pixar has donated the film for free and the Odeon has lent its support by giving free screen hire and staff for the fun event.

For tickets and more information, ring Rowena Finn at the Foundation on 0151 530 5253.

UP is released in UK on 9th October, cert: U.

Tickets are now on sale for a top class ladies luncheon to be held in aid of The Legacy Rainbow House at Park Hall Hotel.

Entertainment will be provided by a ‘Loose Women’ style panel and special guest speaker at the event is the inspirational Jean Walker who completed the 350 mile Polar Challenge, a race across the Arctic. The luncheon includes a drink on arrival, a two course meal and luxury stalls selling beauty products, jewellery, accessories cosmetics and more.

Jean Walker is Managing Partner of TWP Solicitors, a law firm based near Stockport.  The challenge for Jean and her compatriots in Team Artemis was to cover the 350-mile distance in biting temperatures of up to minus 50 degrees C. The journey was a tough one, both mentally and physically, and with young fit men failing to complete the route in previous years, it was highly ambitious for a 52-year-old woman to take part – but take part she did and Artemis arrived victorious at the finishing point in third position.

Before, during and following the challenge, Jean has raised funds totalling nearly £4,000 for national charity, Headway, which provides emotional and practical support for brain injury sufferers and their families. 

The luncheon takes place on Thursday 5 November 11am-3pm. Tickets £25, are available from Serena at The Legacy on 01704 823276.

Investing & Setting Up Business in New Zealand Seminar
Thursday 01 October, 5.30pm

The Park Hotel
Dunningsbridge Road
Netherton
Aintree
Liverpool

Golden Sands Migration (NZ) are an immigration agency based in New Zealand.

Thet are travelling to Liverpool at the end of September for the Emigrate Expos. On 1st October they will be holding a seminar for British business people and entrepreneurs who may be interested in investing or setting up business in New Zealand.

They will be joined by Anglo Pacific international removals, World First Foreign Exchange, Jones Law Barristers and Solicitors, Pension Transfers NZ Ltd and the National Bank of NZ.

Drinks and canapés served

To book visit www.goldensandsmigration.co.nz/business-migrants

Wednesday 30th September

LEAD University of Liverpool FREE Preview Breakfast

“Come for breakfast and hear how the LEAD programme can benefit owner-managers of small businesses in the Northwest”

8am – 9am at the University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool L69 7ZH

To book your place visit the Business Link website

No networking, no nibbles, these one hour Friday morning seminars are designed to give you six useful tips you can use straight away.

Every week a Chamber member will give you the benefit of their wisdom so you can introduce new skills, knowledge and ideas into your business.

All events are FREE and run from 9-10am.

You can either book online or email your company name address and contact details together with the names of your delegates to events@liverpoolchamber.org.uk

Friday 2nd October
60 really useful minutes on how Apprenticeships can help you company to grow

John Myers
Employer Services Director
National Apprenticeship Service

Need to grow your business and finding it difficult to get the staff to help? John Myers, Employer Services Director from the National Apprenticeship Service will

• Tell you what an Apprenticeship is
• Highlight the benefits an Apprentice brings to a company
• Help you recruit an Apprentice
• Tackle some of the barriers that a small business may face to take someone on as an Apprentice.
• Let you know how the NAS can help

Book your free place online

Friday 9th October
Racing for the line

Are the last 50 metres of your business processes as efficient and effective as they can be?
Join Martin Chisholm from Last Link Limited, a leading UK specialist Consultancy and Training organization, for 60 really useful minutes in which you will have learnt how to see the wastes in your business.

The 60 minute workshop will be interactive (audience participation will be required!) and will show at least SIX areas for you to look at within your business:

• Reducing transportation
• Controlling inventory
• Stop moving around to get the job done
• Reduce waiting time
• Over processing
• Over producing

Book online here

Friday 16th October
60 really useful minutes presents the secrets of financial freedom

Join Jean Jones and gain an insight into the world of the financial trader and  learn how to . . .

• create an income from only 1 hour a day
• set up an automated system to make money while you are making the most out of life
• when others are panicking as the stock market falls, you can make  money
• do this from anywhere in the world including the beach!
• reap the benefits tax-free
• create a hobby with a serious income

Book online here

Friday 6th November
Sixty Really Useful Minutes - Harnessing 24/7 PR power for your business

Paver Smith

Presented by Chris Hulme, PR Director, and Helen Strother, Account Director, at Paver Smith & Co

The media is changing and the rise of citizen journalism, YouTube and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook mean new threats and opportunities for anyone tasked with building and protecting a brand. This seminar will tell you

• how to work social media into your PR & marketing programme
• how to get beyond basic PR tactics and engage with the media
• help you understand and evaluate media coverage
• Give you the three most important questions you should ask your PR representative

Book this free event here

Friday 13th November 2009
Sixty Really Useful Minutes – ‘The really useful benefits bit’

Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy, Origen

Controlling salary costs but retaining key individuals is imperative in a recession.  In a fast paced, informative, and hopefully fun 60 minutes, Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy at Origen, will provide delegates with an overview of six key topics that are highly relevant to all UK businesses with employees at this time.

Topics covered will include:

• Holiday entitlement for those on sick leave
• Maternity leave and benefits
• Using salary sacrifice to reduce employer and employee costs
• Personal Accounts (& the future of employee benefits)
• Employee Absence
• Rewards on key employees

Join us for 60 Really Useful Minutes – you’ll be glad you did!

Book online here

Friday 20th November
Creative Advertising - 60 Really Useful Minutes On How To Make Your Customers Sit Up, Take Notice And Buy

Join Andy Melia’s workshop session on effective copy writing.

Book here.

Friday 27th November
60 Really Useful Minutes to help you make it happen!

Led by Chamber member Tony Wilson of Proofsouth Ltd, supported by colleagues from Northern Business Associates, this workshop session discusses the top tips that matter most in your business and you’ll take away 6 practical tips which you can implement to makes things happen in your business.

• What matters most to me ?
• Cash, planning, Time, teamwork, Objectives….Aargh !
• What matters most in my business ?
• Working “on” and “in” my business
• Do I need to change the way I do things ?
• ME? - Oil or glue in my business
• How can I make change happen ?
• The  future starts here
• Making change successful
• The next steps
• The path to continuous improvement
• Embedding change into your business

Book your place

In our ever changing world, we are constantly bombarded with images and messages about climate control, rapidly depleting natural reserves and the need for renewable energy resources…

What can you and your business do in response to the emerging Green Agenda?

Liverpool Science Park is hosting an event to raise awareness about the exciting new products and services in the emerging ‘Green Technologies’ sector that promise to save money whilst saving the planet. The event will also provide information on how you and your business may be able to benefit from changes in the law and funding opportunities.

Speakers will include:
Envirolink – Ross Dixon, the senior manager for low carbon demonstration, will provide practical information on the funding available including an overview on capital grants and principal sources of funding for Research and Development
Sign Lights – the experts behind the innovative light bulbs that are now powering bus shelters throughout London
Constructive Thinking – another company which is benefiting from the growth of this sector, they have developed a novel software platform which assesses the environmental benefits of a building prior to construction.
The Mersey Partneship’s Low Carbon Manager – are you aware of the effect your carbon footprint has on the city you live in? If not, TMP’S low carbon manager will provide practical answers to difficult questions

Many thanks to our sponsor for this event: Business Link Northwest.

THE DETAILS:
WHEN – Wednesday 14 October from 8.30am - 11am
WHERE - Liverpool Science Park Innovation Centre 2
COST – free to attend

Refreshments will be provided.

To register for this event, don’t delay, RSVP events@liverpoolsciencepark.co.uk or register on the Liverpool Science Park website.

Friday 9th October, 9am at Liverpool Chamber

Free seminar

Are the last 50 metres of your business processes as efficient and effective as they can be?

Join Martin Chisholm from Last Link Limited, a leading UK specialist Consultancy and Training organization, for 60 really useful minutes in which you will learn to see the wastes in your business.

The 60 minute workshop will be interactive (audience participation will be required!) and will show at least SIX areas for you to look at within your business:

• Reducing transportation
• Controlling inventory
• Stop moving around to get the job done
• Reduce waiting time
• Over processing
• Over producing

Book your free place online here

Warrington Chamber of Commerce & Industry and St John Ambulance are holding a breakfast briefing about the new HSE first aid regulation changes on Monday 26 October 2009. 

Did you know that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be changing the first aid at work guidelines from 1 October 2009? Do you know what it will mean to your business?

Find out more at the Warrington Chamber of Commerce/St John Ambulance breakfast briefing about the HSE first aid regulation changes on 26 October from 8.30am to 10am at the International Business Centre in Warrington, WA5 7WQ.  At this briefing you will receive expert advice on:

• The current regulations regarding first aid coverage in the workplace
• Why the HSE changed the regulations
• What the changes are and the top five things you need to know about the changes

There will also be a short risk assessment workshop to help you prepare for the changes. The briefing costs just £10 per person and includes a bacon roll and croissant breakfast.

To book call St John Ambulance in Cheshire directly on 01244 383407 or email: training@cheshire.sja.org.uk by 12 October. Please note places are limited to 50.